Detachable, swinging, washboiler apron



Apr. 24, .1923. 1,452,682 E. GEYER DETAGHABLE, vSWINGING; NASHBOILER APRON Filed Sept. 21 1922 EDGAR GEYER INVENTOR.

BY R ikMf o ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 24, 19 23.

UNITED STATES PAT T orr es.

EDGAR GEYER, or srnvnn canes nnnnnsxn.

DETACHABLE, swrnorno, .WASHBOILER Arson.

Application filed September 21, 1922. Serial No. 589,591.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR Gnrnn, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Silver Creek, in the county of Merrick and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable, Swrngwhile dipping water out of or into the boiler, "and among the obyects oi my invention are the following: To make the apron out of one piece 0 sheet metal to avoid the cost of welding, riveting or otherwise uniting separate pieces of To further reduce the cost by cutting out the blanks in such form thatthe waste of material will be reduced to the minimum.

To eliminate entirely all sharp and rough corners which might tend to catch and tear the clothes. e

To make the apron in such form that it can-be instantly attached to or detached from a wash boiler or other similar container of clothes.

To make the apron swinging so that it can be readily swung out ofoperative position against the side of the wash boiler and as readily swung into posit-ion with its outlet draining into a pan or other receptacle.

To make the apron in such a form thata number of aprons may be nested to occupy the least amount of space in'storage and shipping.

Having in View these and other objects which will appear in the description, I will now refer to the drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows the apron in its operative position, attached to awash boiler and draining into a pan.

Figure 2, is a top plan view of the was boiler with the apron attached.

Figure 3 is a face view of the apron. Figure 4 is an edge view of the apron, looking from the line 4- of Figure 3.

Figure 5 shows a section on the line 55 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a detail showing the rear side of the apron at one of its lower corners.

Figure 7 is a sectional view of the wash bOllBlQlld, and apron, the lid being in place and the. apron the boiler, I I

Figure 8 is a sectional view similar' to Figure 7, but with the lid removed and theapron in its operativeposition.

Figure 9 is a detail showing in lapped edges of the apron.

Figure 10 is a fragmental plan showing a modification of the upper corners ofthe apron. r

In the drawings the numeral 10 refers to the wash boiler and 11 refers to its lid.- Such wash boilers are standardized in size and design, so that it is very seldom that a boiler is found which varies fromthe standard. The opening of the boiler has two suspended from the edge of section the parallel sides and two semi-circular ends.

My apron is designed to exten(l -'entirely across the straight portion of the side and overlap a portion of the curve at each end.

For the purpose of adapting the apron'toswing on the upper edge of one ofthe sides of the boiler, I have curved that portion of the upper edge of the apron which rests on the straight portion of the upper edge of the boiler. 'The specific curve employed is sub-- stantially that shown at 12 in Figure 5. It.

is obvious however't-hat the curved portion 12 can not extend over or onto the curved edge of the boiler, as such construction would absolutely prevent swinging of the apron. To obviate this. difficulty, I haveprovided ears 13 which overhang thecurved portions 1 of the edge of the boiler. When the apron is in the position shown in Figure 8, the ears will project slightly into the boiler, but when the apron is in its suspended position as shown in Figure 7, the ears 13 will rest on the upper edge of the boiler. It should.

here be'noted that when the apron is suspended, the curved portion 12 will be flush against the rolled edge ofthe boiler, where it will not interfere with the -lid of the boiler. At the same time the ears 13 will be in horizontal position between the flange of the lid and the rolled edge of the boiler where they too will not interfere with the lid. 7

The sides of my apron converge toward the bottom. At each of the side. edgesis an upstanding flange 14. 'The flange 14: is double as shown in Figure 9, being thus formed by twice rolling the outer edges of the blank. This construction reinforces the entire apron, but it also leaves no out edge exposed where it can catch and tear the clothes.

The bottom edge of the apron is'lapped on the under side at 15, as shown in Figures 5 and 6.- By means of this construction I avoid the exposed cut edge which would otherwise make trouble at the bottom. In one of the lower corners of the body of the apron I punch an aperture 16. By punching this aperture adjacent the overlapped edge 15, or partly in the edge 15 as shown, the edge 15 serves as a reinforcement for the edge of" the aperture at the point where the wear occurs.

As before stated, nearly all of the boilers on the market are of a standard size and form, and the only departure from the standard is in the few instances of larger size. It is obvious that the apron made vfor the standard size would not swing properly on the larger size, owing to the interference of the ears 13. For this reason I have designed a modification of my apron. This modified form of my apron is made without ears, the corner of the apron appearing as shown, in Figure 10. This form of apron will function with all commercial w; sh boilers, in either standard or larger sizes. Of course the same result may be obtained by cutting off the ears from the apron shown in Figures 1, 2, and at.

In use the boiler and pan are arranged as shown in Figure 1 and my apron is hooked over the upper edge of the boiler with its lower edge resting on the edge of the-pan. The arrangement is so simple that it requires I only an instant to set it up or to take it down.

In transferring wet clothes to or from the boiler, they are passedover the body of the apron which thus catches all of the dripping water and drains it into the pan. Boiling soap suds may be dipped out of the pan and poured into the boiler without spilling a drop. The swinging feature of my apron curved to prov facilitates quick change when it is desired to remove one pan and to substitute another. When boiling the clothes the apron is left suspended as shown in Figure 7 with the boiler lid in place. In this way the apron is always in a convenient position where it can notbe misplaced under a pile of clothes. \Vhen through with the work of washing, the apron may be hung on a conveniently located hook in the laundry, the aperture 16 being designed for this purpose.

This application is a continuation in part of my prior application, Serial Number 498,536, filed September 3, 1921. The structure herein described was invented by me before filing my prior application, but important features of the structure were inadvertantly omitted from my prior application.

Having thus described my invention and its uses, what I believe to be new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is An apron for wash boilers comprising a fiat sheet metal body portion having converging opposite lateral edges, the wider end of said l)0( y portion having a short extension adapted to engage across the upper edge of a wash boiler, said extension being ide a flange adapted to seat over the upper edge of the wash boiler and to present a rounded deflecting head for preventing the catching thereon of articles boing removed from the boiler and the displacement of the apron when in use. said curved flange extending from one curved end of the boiler to the other and terminating in ears which. are substantially perpendicular to the plane of the body portion of the apron, sald curved flange and ears also being adapted to suspend the apron against the side wall of the boiler when not in use and to engage between the body and the cover of the wash boiler when not in use.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' EDGAR GEYER. 

